27 Motorised Division Brescia
The 27 Motorised Division "Brescia" (Italian: 27 Divisione Autotrasportabile "Brescia") was a Motorised Infantry Division organized from the 27 Infantry Division Sila prior to the start of World War II.
It was made up of draftees from Calabria. The division was part of the Italian XXI Infantry Corps in the North Africa. along with the 17 Motorised Division Pavia and the 25 Motorised Division Bologna together they took part in the Siege of Tobruk, the Battle of Gazala, the Battle of Mersa Matruh, the First Battle of El Alamein and the Second Battle of El Alamein. On 12 April, 1941, as Italian and German forces commenced their Siege of Tobruk, the Brescia Division along with the German 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion captured the port of Bardia, taking several hundred prisoners and a large quantity of booty.
Read more about 27 Motorised Division Brescia: Siege of Tobruk, Battle of Gazala, Battle of Mersa Matruh, First Battle of Alamein, Order of Battle June 1940
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